Thursday, August 16, 2018

Evolutionary
ethics properly argues that there are biological reasons for ethical developments
and orientations in humans. Thus, moral sensitivity appears to be a biological
phenomenon, yet this alone does not explain particular or well defined moral codes
and configurations that have arisen in the human niche, nor does it help us
draw conclusions about right and wrong. So, there’s more. We’re also heavily
embedded in context, culture, and tradition, and through this are interpreters
of the biblical text. These informers, which offer some direction, are nevertheless
so diverse and porous that we’re left having to continually work out how to
live with others in a shared world.